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North Carolina House Bill H216

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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
3-H 1
4-HOUSE BILL 216
3+H D
4+HOUSE BILL DRH30106-MLxf-78
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78 Short Title: CAM Accessibility & Sustainability Act. (Public)
89 Sponsors: Representative Clampitt.
9-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10-Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of
11-the House
12-February 27, 2025
13-*H216 -v-1*
10+Referred to:
11+
12+*DRH30106 -MLxf-78*
1413 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1514 AN ACT TO CREATE AND FUND A CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL MONITORING FUND TO 2
1615 BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO CONTINUOUS 3
1716 ALCOHOL MONITORING AS A SENTENCING OPTION TO PERSONS THE COURT 4
1817 DETERMINES ARE UNABLE TO PAY FOR THE CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL 5
1918 MONITORING. 6
2019 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
2120 SECTION 1. G.S. 18B-804 reads as rewritten: 8
2221 "§ 18B-804. Alcoholic beverage pricing. 9
2322 … 10
2423 (b) Sale Price of Spirituous Liquor. – The sale of spirituous liquor, including antique 11
2524 spirituous liquor, sold at the uniform State price shall consist of the following components: 12
2625 … 13
2726 (10) An additional charge of five cents (5¢) on each bottle. 14
2827 (b1) Price of Spirituous Liquor Sold at Distillery or Distillery Estate District. – When the 15
2928 holder of a distillery permit sells spirituous liquor distilled at the distillery pursuant to 16
3029 G.S. 18B-1105(a)(4), or an on- or off-premises unfortified wine permittee sells spirituous liquor 17
3130 in a distillery estate district, the retail price of the spirituous liquor shall be the uniform State 18
3231 price set by subsection (a) of this section. However, the holder of the permit shall not be required 19
3332 to remit the components of the price set forth by subdivisions (2), (3), (5), (6), (6a), (6b), and (7) 20
3433 (7), and (10) of subsection (b) of this section. 21
3534 …." 22
3635 SECTION 2. G.S. 18B-805(b) reads as rewritten: 23
3736 "(b) Primary Distribution. – Before making any other distribution, a local board shall first 24
3837 pay the following from its gross receipts: 25
3938 … 26
4039 (5) Each month the local board shall pay to the Division of Community 27
4140 Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction the proceeds 28
4241 from the charge required by G.S. 18B-804(b)(10) to be deposited into the 29
4342 Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund created under G.S. 15A-1343.3 and 30
4443 used in accordance with the purpose of that fund." 31
4544 SECTION 3. G.S. 15A-1343.3 reads as rewritten: 32
4645 "§ 15A-1343.3. Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of 33
47-Adult Correction to establish regulations for continuous alcohol monitoring 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48-Page 2 House Bill 216-First Edition
49-systems; payment of fees; authority to terminate monitoring.monitoring; 1
50-creation of Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund. 2
51-… 3
52-(c) There is created in the Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the 4
53-Department of Adult Correction the Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund to be used for the 5
54-purpose of providing access to continuous alcohol monitoring as a sentencing option to persons 6
55-the court determines are unable to pay for the continuous alcohol monitoring. If the court 7
56-determines that continuous alcohol monitoring should be ordered and the convicted person is 8
57-unable to pay for the continuous alcohol monitoring, the court may order that the Division of 9
58-Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction pay, from the Fund 10
59-established in this subsection, the cost of continuous alcohol monitoring for the period of time 11
60-required by the court. To the extent practicable, funds deposited in the Fund in accordance with 12
61-G.S. 18B-805 shall be used in the county where the charge under G.S. 18B-804(b)(10) is 13
62-collected." 14
63-SECTION 4. G.S. 20-179(k4) reads as rewritten: 15
64-"(k4) Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Exception. – Notwithstanding the provisions of 16
65-subsections (g), (h), (k2), and (k3) of this section, if the court finds, upon good cause shown, that 17
66-the defendant should not be required to pay the costs of the continuous alcohol monitoring 18
67-system, the court shall not impose the use of a continuous alcohol monitoring system unless (i) 19
68-the local governmental entity responsible for the incarceration of the defendant in the local 20
69-confinement facility agrees to pay the costs of the system.system or (ii) the court orders the 21
70-Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction to pay 22
71-the costs in accordance with G.S. 15A-1343.3." 23
72-SECTION 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective July 1, 2025, and apply 24
73-to sales occurring on or after that date. Sections 3 and 4 of this act become effective July 1, 2025, 25
74-and apply to sentences imposed on or after that date. The remainder of this act becomes effective 26
75-July 1, 2025. 27
46+Adult Correction to establish regulations for continuous alcohol monitoring 34
47+systems; payment of fees; authority to terminate monitoring.monitoring; 35
48+creation of Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund. 36
49+H.B. 216
50+Feb 25, 2025
51+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
52+Page 2 DRH30106-MLxf-78
53+… 1
54+(c) There is created in the Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the 2
55+Department of Adult Correction the Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund to be used for the 3
56+purpose of providing access to continuous alcohol monitoring as a sentencing option to persons 4
57+the court determines are unable to pay for the continuous alcohol monitoring. If the court 5
58+determines that continuous alcohol monitoring should be ordered and the convicted person is 6
59+unable to pay for the continuous alcohol monitoring, the court may order that the Division of 7
60+Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction pay, from the Fund 8
61+established in this subsection, the cost of continuous alcohol monitoring for the period of time 9
62+required by the court. To the extent practicable, funds deposited in the Fund in accordance with 10
63+G.S. 18B-805 shall be used in the county where the charge under G.S. 18B-804(b)(10) is 11
64+collected." 12
65+SECTION 4. G.S. 20-179(k4) reads as rewritten: 13
66+"(k4) Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Exception. – Notwithstanding the provisions of 14
67+subsections (g), (h), (k2), and (k3) of this section, if the court finds, upon good cause shown, that 15
68+the defendant should not be required to pay the costs of the continuous alcohol monitoring 16
69+system, the court shall not impose the use of a continuous alcohol monitoring system unless (i) 17
70+the local governmental entity responsible for the incarceration of the defendant in the local 18
71+confinement facility agrees to pay the costs of the system.system or (ii) the court orders the 19
72+Division of Community Supervision and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction to pay 20
73+the costs in accordance with G.S. 15A-1343.3." 21
74+SECTION 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective July 1, 2025, and apply 22
75+to sales occurring on or after that date. Sections 3 and 4 of this act become effective July 1, 2025, 23
76+and apply to sentences imposed on or after that date. The remainder of this act becomes effective 24
77+July 1, 2025. 25